diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ppp-and-slip/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ppp-and-slip/chapter.sgml
index 52a35b2a12..2c8b4d2982 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ppp-and-slip/chapter.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ppp-and-slip/chapter.sgml
@@ -1782,7 +1782,7 @@ exit 1
 	  check the <command>dmesg</command> output for the modem
 	  device with:</para>
 
-	<screen>&prompt.root;<userinput>dmesg | grep sio</userinput></screen>
+	<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>dmesg | grep sio</userinput></screen>
 
 	<para>You should get some pertinent output about the
 	  <devicename>sio</devicename> devices.  These are the COM